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Tikkun olam is a concept in Judaism, which refers to various forms of action intended to repair and improve the world.

Tohu can refer to:

<i>Tikkun</i> (magazine) American magazine

Tikkun was a quarterly progressive Jewish and interfaith magazine and website published in the United States that analyzed American and Israeli culture, politics, religion, and history in the English language. The magazine consistently published the work of Israeli and Palestinian left-wing intellectuals, but also included book and music reviews, personal essays, and poetry.

Tikkun or variants may refer to:

United Synagogue Youth (USY) is the youth movement of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (USCJ). It was founded in 1951, under the auspices of the Youth Commission of what was then the United Synagogue of America.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sdot Micha Airbase</span> Israeli Air Force missile base and depot

Sdot Micha Airbase is an Israeli Air Force (IAF) missile base and depot, whose existence Israel neither confirms nor denies. It is situated in the center of Israel, halfway from Jerusalem to the Mediterranean Sea and extends nearly 13 km from southeast to northwest. The center of the base is located 1.5 km north of moshav Sdot Micha and it has neither a runway nor a visible heliport. Its facilities can now be clearly seen on satellite images. Nuclear warheads are supposed to be stored at the base, which can also be fired by the missiles there.

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The realm known as Nekudim/Olam HaNekudim is one of the many spiritual worlds (Olamot) described by Kabbalah, as part of the order of development in Creation. Its significance emerges in Lurianic Kabbalah as part of the process of Tohu and Tikun.

Tikun Olam is a Seattle-based political blog that regularly reports on Israeli security matters. The blog was created in 2003 by Richard Silverstein and covers the Arab–Israeli conflict. Silverstein describes it as a "liberal Jewish blog" that "focuses on exposing the excesses of the Israeli national security state".

The World of Chaos and The World of Rectification are two general stages in Jewish Kabbalah in the order of descending spiritual worlds known as "the Four Worlds". In subsequent creations, they also represent two archetypal spiritual states of being and consciousness. Their concepts derive from the new scheme of Lurianic Kabbalah by Isaac Luria (1534–1572), the father of modern Kabbalah, based on his interpretation of classic references in the Zohar.

The realm known as Berudim/Verudim/Olam HaBerudim is one of the many spiritual worlds (Olamot) described by Kabbalah, as part of the order of development in Creation. Its significance emerges in Lurianic Kabbalah as a part of the process of Tohu and Tikun.

<i>Infinity</i> (Shtar album) 2010 studio album by Shtar

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Prisoner X may refer to:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tikun Olam (cannabis)</span> Israeli medical marijuana producer

Tikun Olam is a company that grows and supplies medical marijuana and is licensed and supervised by the Ministry of Health in Israel, the first of its kind in that country.

The Jewish Women Artists' Circle is a women's artist collective based in the Twin Cities of Minnesota. It was founded by Lucy Rose Fischer in the summer of 2005.

Liza Levy is an American community activist in Washington, D.C. She is a past president of the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington, co-founder of the Jewish Coalition Against Domestic Abuse, and co-founder of the Tikkun Olam Women's Foundation.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Avrum Rosensweig</span> Co-founder of Veahavta

Avrum Rosensweig was the Founding Director and CEO of Ve'ahavta, a Canadian Jewish non-profit humanitarian and relief organization for twenty years. Rosensweig co-founded Ve'ahavta with Stephen Epstein, with a mission to encourage all Jews, and all peoples, to play a role in tikkun olam, 'repairing the world'. In 2016, Rosensweig stepped down as CEO and took on the position of founder and ambassador, speaking and fundraising in support of Ve'ahavta. Rosensweig served as Associate Religious Leader at Congregation Habonim Toronto, from 2005 to 2015.

"Prisoner X2" is a placeholder name of a Mossad agent who has reportedly been secretly imprisoned in Israel since about 2004, after he was convicted of treason.

Tikkun is a 2015 Israeli film directed by Avishai Sivan. The film explores the struggles of a young Hasidic man who questions his faith.

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